Saint Basilides of Alexandria

June 30th III century

In Alexandria, in Egypt, saint Basilides, who, in time of the Emperor Septimio Severus, when driving the Virgin [saint Potamiena] to torment, he protected her from dishonest intentions of some men, received as a reward the grace of converted to Christ and, after a brief fight, be glorious martyr (c. 202). Roman martyrology